Acute stress disorder and the associated factors among traumatized patients admitted at Felege-Hiwot and the University of Gondar comprehensive specialized hospitals in Northwest Ethiopia

Table 1 Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of the study participants at Gondar and Felege-Hiwot comprehensive specialized hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia (n = 422)

Variables	Categories	Frequency	Percent
Sex	Male	289	68.5
Sex	Female	133	31.5
Age group	18–20 years	63	14.9
	21–29 years	99	23.5
	30-39 years	93	22.0
	40–49 years	92	21.8
	50–59 years	46	10.9
	> 59	29	6.9
Marital status	Married	134	31.8
	Single	222	52.6
	Divorced	54	12.8
	Separated/widowed	12	2.8
Religion	Orthodox	322	76.3
	Muslim	69	16.4
	Protestant/Catholic	31	7.3
Ethnicity	Amhara	355	84.1
	Oromo/Tigre	47	11.2
	Other^a	20	4.7
Education	Unable to read and write	182	43.1
	1–8 grade	105	24.9
	9–10 grade	41	9.7
	11–12 grade	33	7.8
	Diploma	25	5.9
	Degree and above	26	8.5
Residence	Rural	215	50.9
Residence	Urban	207	49.1
Occupation	Employee	63	14.9
	Merchant	99	23.5
	Farmer	138	32.7
	Student	49	11.6
	House wife	53	12.6
	Others^b	19	4.5
Past psychiatry history	Yes	30	7.1
Past psychiatry history	No	394	92.9
Family history of mental illness	Yes	24	5.7
Family history of mental illness	No	398	94.3
History of psychiatry medication	Yes	52	12.3
History of psychiatry medication	No	370	87.7
Chronic medical illness	Yes	26	6.2
Chronic medical illness	No	396	93.8
Anxiety	Yes	86	20.4
Anxiety	No	336	79.6
Past history of trauma	Yes	36	8.5
Past history of trauma	No	386	91.5
Types of trauma	Car accident	124	29.4
	Gun shut	140	33.2
	Falling down	64	15.2
	Burn	51	12.1
	Physical fight/ bit	43	10.2

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